One of the men, Hameed Khalid Darweesh , had worked for the U.S. government for 10 years, including as an interpreter. At least two Iraqis with ties to U.S. operations overseas were detained late Friday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. He had been detained around 6 p.m. on Friday, Darweesh said in a press conference at JFK following his release on Saturday. The second man, Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, is a refugee who was rejoining his wife and child in America. “To be unlawfully detained here at the airport is really just disgraceful.”The International Refugee Assistance Project is working to obtain their release, he added.

Source: Huffington Post January 28, 2017 18:17 UTC